Your first dance is going to be the first time you and your new husband/wife will grace the dance floor together. We will work together to decide when exactly you will have your first dance. Generally we recommend doing the first dance when your first arrive to the reception. If we are doing a grand entrance we recommend we move into the first dance right after the entrance. There is a common held belief, especially among older generations, that no one should dance until after the Bride and Groom have had their first dance. The first dance traditionally opens the dance floor for the evening. It is best to go ahead and have your first dance early, so that guests can feel free to dance at any point during the rest of the evening.

Below find some ideas of songs to use for your first dance. If you want to use 2 songs, one slow and one fast, we can splice/mix them up so you can start more formal, then have a little fun with it. We will work this out in the planning process. Also consider the songs length. For short songs you may want to dance to the whole song while for longer songs you may want me to fade the song out early (5 minutes can be along time to be dancing while everyone is staring at you). Remember this list is just to give you some ideas of the different styles of music you could choose from. If you are working with a dance instructor to choreograph your first dance you may want to see if they have any suggestions of songs fitting the style of dance you might be trying to learn. Our advice is to not stress over finding the perfect song. Find the song that speaks to you and go with it!